Associate Professor Michael Doyle
Sydney Medical School
Central Clinical School, Discipline of Addiction Medicine
Associate Professor Michael Doyle is a Bardi Man and a research-focused academic at the University of Sydney. He has worked in Aboriginal health for over 20 years, commencing his career as an Aboriginal Health Worker at the Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service. Michael moved into Aboriginal health research in 2008. Presently, Michael is the Head of the Aboriginal and Priority Populations team at the Edith Collins Centre for translational research in alcohol, drugs, and toxicology. The Edith Collins Centre is affiliated with the University of Sydney and the Sydney Local Health District. Michael is a mixed-methods researcher. His research aims to improve health service delivery to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have alcohol and other drug use issues. Michael’s research also has a focus on improving health service delivery for those in the criminal justice system.
Michael has worked toward the improvement of Aboriginal health throughout his career, which began as an Aboriginal Health Worker in his home Community of Djarindjin in Western Australia.
His primary areas of research interest are alcohol and other drug use and treatment for Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system.
"Michael is available for supervision. Spots are limited".
Michael currently co-supervisors 2 PhD candidates and a master’s by research student. He has tutored undergraduate students and mentored a number of post-graduate students and early-career Aboriginal researchers.
Michael has also lectured at the University of Sydney and at the University of NSW, in public health, health promotion and human research ethics.
Current projects include:
2024- National Health and Medical Research Council, Clinical Trialsand Cohort Studies:A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial of oral lisdexamfetaminefor methamphetamine withdrawal (the OLAM study). ($2,175,568.98(AUD)). Chief Investigator H.
2023- Medical Research Future Fund, Indigenous Health Research: Development of the first Culturally-based Social and Emotional Wellbeing program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in prison. (GNT2024800, $477,486 (AUD)). Chief Investigator A. Two years.
2023- Medical Research Future Fund, Primary Health Care Research Initiative: Making it easier for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services to screen for risky drinking and provide tailored feedback: Adapting the Grog Survey App. Chief Investigator K.
2022- National Health and Medical Research Council, Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies: A randomised controlled trial of cannabidiol (CBD) in the treatment of cannabis dependence. (GNT2014980, $2,120,137.80 (AUD)), Chief Investigator C.
2022- National Health and Medical Research Council, Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies: Effect of a vaporised nicotine product vs varenicline on smoking cessation for low-socioeconomic status smokers: A randomised trial. (GNT2015146, $2,659,251.03 (AUD)).Chief Investigator H.
2021- National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator grant, Emerging Leader: Alcohol treatment for Aboriginal men in and out of prison. (GNT1193618, $607,263.74 (AUD)); five years [deferred start date 2022 due to COVID-19].Chief investigator (A).
2021- NSW Health Translation Research grant: How does long-acting depot buprenorphine impact on the high-risk post-release period for people with opioid dependence? ($798,652) Three years.Chief Investigator E.
2020- NSW Health. A rapid qualitative assessment of COVID-19 health needs in an urban Aboriginal community. Chief investigator D.
2020- National Health and Medical Research Council Project. Health service utilisation and preventable mortality in justice-involved young people: A national, retrospective data linkage study. Member of Aboriginal reference group.
2019- Non-funded project. Alcohol-dependent patients and the criminal justice system. Partners and the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and the Discipline of Addiction Medicine at Sydney University. Chief Investigator C.
2019- National Health and Medical Research Council Project grant: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a computerised school-based alcohol and drug prevention program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. NHMRC Project grant; GNT1163416; five years [deferred start].Chief investigator D.
2019- National Health and Medical Research Council Ideas grant: Better data on methamphetamines and other drugs among Indigenous Australians to inform policy and practice. GNT1193744; Associate Investigator; five years.
2018- Australian Research Council Linkage grant: Fostering the sexual well-being of Aboriginal young people, building on social, cultural and personal strengths.Chief Investigator G.
2018- NSW Health Translational Research grant: Feasibility of implementing depot buprenorphine in NSW custodial settings led by Alcohol and other Drugs Centre for Population, Ministry of Health NSW: Principal investigator H.
2018- National Health and Medical Research Council Project grant: Recidivism, health and social functioning following release to the community of NSW prisoners with problematic drug use, Evaluation of Connections Program: Member of Aboriginal advisory group.
- Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs, member
- Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Network of NSW, member
- Public Health Association of Australia, member
Publications
Journals
- Gibbs, D., Colledge-Frisby, S., Farnbach, S., Doyle, M., Shakeshaft, A., Larney, S. (2024). Associations Between Supported Accommodation and Health and Re-offending Outcomes: a Retrospective Data Linkage Study. Journal of Urban Health, 101(1), 80-91. [More Information]
- Doyle, M., Jackson Pulver, L., Harley, S., Ring, I., McBryde, E. (2024). Could Adequate and More Appropriate Housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in New South Wales, Australia, Reduce the Risk of Poorer Health Outcomes? International Journal of Indigenous Health, 19(1), 1-6. [More Information]
- Bower, M., Howard, M., Stapinski, L., Doyle, M., Newton, N., Barrett, E. (2024). The profile of people entering the ‘EQUIPS’ offender treatment programs in New South Wales’. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 36(1), 1-15. [More Information]
Report
- Bryant, J., Bolt, R., Martin, K., Beadman, M., Graham, S., Doyle, M., Treloar, C., Bell, S., Murphy, D., Newman, C., et al (2023). What we do well: stories of love, sex & relationships. Recommendations report for the project 'Fostering the sexual well-being of Aboriginal young people by building on social, cultural and personal strengths and resources'.
- Cale, J., Zmudzki, F., Hilferty, F., Lafferty, L., Whitten, T., Doyle, M., valentine, K. (2019). Evaluation of Home Detention in South Australia: Final Report..
- Snijder, M., Stockings, E., Munro, A., Barrett, E., Knight, A., Doyle, M., Shakeshaft, A., Hall, W. (2018). Alcohol and other drugs prevention in vulnerable young people.
2024
- Gibbs, D., Colledge-Frisby, S., Farnbach, S., Doyle, M., Shakeshaft, A., Larney, S. (2024). Associations Between Supported Accommodation and Health and Re-offending Outcomes: a Retrospective Data Linkage Study. Journal of Urban Health, 101(1), 80-91. [More Information]
- Doyle, M., Jackson Pulver, L., Harley, S., Ring, I., McBryde, E. (2024). Could Adequate and More Appropriate Housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in New South Wales, Australia, Reduce the Risk of Poorer Health Outcomes? International Journal of Indigenous Health, 19(1), 1-6. [More Information]
- Bower, M., Howard, M., Stapinski, L., Doyle, M., Newton, N., Barrett, E. (2024). The profile of people entering the ‘EQUIPS’ offender treatment programs in New South Wales’. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 36(1), 1-15. [More Information]
2023
- Finlay, S., Doyle, M., Kennedy, M. (2023). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) are essential in promoting our health and wellbeing. Public Health Research and Practice, 33(2). [More Information]
- Graham, S., Martin, K., Gardner, K., Beadman, M., Doyle, M., Bolt, R., Murphy, D., Newman, C., Bell, S., Treloar, C., et al (2023). Aboriginal young people's perspectives and experiences of accessing sexual health services and sex education in Australia: A qualitative study. Global Public Health, 18(1). [More Information]
- Doyle, M., Al-Ansari, F., Kaye, S., Williams, M., Conigrave, K., Bowman, J. (2023). Alcohol and other drug use before custody among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(3). [More Information]
2022
- Conigrave, J., Wilson, S., Conigrave, K., Chikritzhs, T., Hayman, N., Dawson, A., Ali, R., Perry, J., Fitts, M., Degenhardt, L., Doyle, M., Slade, T., Dzidowska, M., Lee, K., et al (2022). 'The Drug Survey App': a protocol for developing and validating an interactive population survey tool for drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 17(1), 17. [More Information]
- Stapinski, L., Routledge, K., Snijder, M., Doyle, M., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Ward, J., Baumgart, A., Lee, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2022). A Web-Based Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Program (Strong & Deadly Futures) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander School Students: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(1), e34530. [More Information]
- Graham, S., Blaxland, M., Bolt, R., Beadman, M., Gardner, K., Martin, K., Doyle, M., Beetson, K., Murphy, D., Bell, S., et al (2022). Aboriginal peoples’ perspectives about COVID-19 vaccines and motivations to seek vaccination: a qualitative study. BMJ Global Health, 7(7), e008815. [More Information]
2021
- Doyle, M. (2021). Alcohol and drug research with Indigenous peoples: where do we go from here? Addiction, 116(3), 435-437. [More Information]
- Conigrave, J., Bradshaw, E., Conigrave, K., Ryan, R., Wilson, S., Perry, J., Doyle, M., Lee, K. (2021). Alcohol consumption and dependence is linked to the extent that people experience need satisfaction while drinking alcohol in two Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 16(1), 23. [More Information]
- Bryant, J., Bolt, R., Botfield, J., Martin, K., Doyle, M., Murphy, D., Graham, S., Newman, C., Bell, S., Treloar, C., et al (2021). Beyond deficit: 'strengths-based approaches' in Indigenous health research. Sociology of Health & Illness, 43(6), 1405-1421. [More Information]
2020
- Doyle, M., Guthrie, J., Butler, T., Shakeshaft, A., Conigrave, K., Williams, M. (2020). Onset and trajectory of alcohol and other drug use among Aboriginal men entering a prison treatment program: A qualitative study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 39(6), 704-712. [More Information]
2019
- Doyle, M., Shakeshaft, A., Guthrie, J., Snijder, M., Butler, T. (2019). A systematic review of evaluations of prison-based alcohol and other drug use behavioural treatment for men. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43(2), 120-130. [More Information]
- Cale, J., Zmudzki, F., Hilferty, F., Lafferty, L., Whitten, T., Doyle, M., valentine, K. (2019). Evaluation of Home Detention in South Australia: Final Report..
- Lee, K., Conigrave, J., Wilson, S., Perry, J., Hayman, N., Zheng, C., Al Ansari, M., Doyle, M., Room, R., Callinan, S., Slade, T., Conigrave, K., et al (2019). Patterns of drinking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as self-reported on the Grog Survey App: a stratified sample. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 19(1), 1-11. [More Information]
2018
- Snijder, M., Stockings, E., Munro, A., Barrett, E., Knight, A., Doyle, M., Shakeshaft, A., Hall, W. (2018). Alcohol and other drugs prevention in vulnerable young people.
- Doyle, M., Maher, L., Graham, S., Wand, H., Iversen, J. (2018). Hepatitis C virus prevalence and associated risk factors among Indigenous Australians who inject drugs. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42(1), 52-56. [More Information]
2017
- Graham, S., Maher, L., Wand, H., Doyle, M., Iversen, J. (2017). Trends in hepatitis C antibody prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending Australian Needle and Syringe Programs, 1996-2015. International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, 69-76. [More Information]
2015
- Doyle, M., Butler, T., Shakeshaft, A., Guthrie, J., Reekie, J., Schofield, P. (2015). Alcohol and other drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men entering prison in New South Wales. Health and Justice, 3, 15. [More Information]
- Simpson, P., Guthrie, J., Lovell, M., Doyle, M., Butler, T. (2015). Assessing the Public's Views on Prison and Prison Alternatives: Findings from Public Deliberation Research in Three Australian Cities. Journal of Public Deliberation, 11(2), 1-26.
- Brett, J., Ivers, R., Doyle, M., Lawrence, L., Conigrave, K. (2015). Should naltrexone be the first-line medicine to treat alcohol dependence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations? An Australian perspective. Australian Family Physician, 44(11), 815-819. [More Information]
2014
- Gisev, N., Gibson, A., Larney, S., Kimber, J., Williams, M., Clifford, A., Doyle, M., Burns, L., Butler, T., Weatherburn, D., et al (2014). Offending, custody and opioid substitution therapy treatment utilisation among opioid-dependent people in contact with the criminal justice system: Comparison of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. BMC Public Health, 14(1). [More Information]
2011
- Doyle, M., Butler, T., Stevens, C. (2011). The National Summit on Tobacco Smoking in Prison: Australian National University, Canberra, August 2010 – An Aboriginal Perspective. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 35(3), 10-12.
2010
- Gray, D., Stearne, A., Wilson, M., Doyle, M. (2010). Indigenous specific alcohol and other drug interventions, continuities, changes and areas of greatest need.
Selected Grants
2024
- Randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of oral lisdexamfetamine for methamphetamine withdrawal, Ezard N, Siefried K, Dunlop A, Lintzeris N, Shoptaw S, Haber P, Carr A, Doyle M, Arunogiri S, Clifford M, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies
- Lived experiences of diabetes support and codesigning resources informed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, values and vision. What works, and why ?, Dickson M, Jardine M, Doyle M, Dawson J, O'Hara D, Angelo C, Sherriff S, Sinka V, Clancy K, Agency for Clinical Innovation (NSW)/Research Grant
2023
- Development of the first Culturally-based Social and Emotional Wellbeing program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in prison, Doyle M, Conigrave K, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Fund
Further Grants
2022
- A randomised controlled trial of cannabidiol (CBD) in the treatment of cannabis dependence,National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/ Clinical Trails and Cohort Studies, Chief Investigator C
2021
- How does long-acting depot buprenorphine impact on the high-risk post-release period for people with opioid dependence?NSW Health translation research grant, Chief Investigator E
2020
- A rapid qualitative assessment of COVID-19 health needs in an urban Aboriginal community, NSW Health, Chief Investigator D
2018
- Better data on methamphetamines and other drugs among Indigenous Australians to inform policy and practice. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Ideas Grant, Associate Investigator
- Fostering the sexual well-being of Aboriginal young people, building on social, cultural and personal strengths.Australian Research Council (ARC)/ Linkage Grant, Chief Investigator G
2015
- Positive life pathways for vulnerable adolescents. Australian Research Council (ARC)/ Linkage Grant. Associate Investigator
Further Publications
Thesis - PhD
- Doyle, M. F. (2018). Prison-based treatment for alcohol and other drug use for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men. Kirby Institute
Thesis - Master of Public Health
- Doyle MF, Fisher C, & Saggers S. (2013). Alcohol Intervention Programs within Australian Prisons for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men. University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
